Paper-clasp.



H. E. BICKNELL.

PAPER CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1913.

1,163,127. v Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

[N VEN T OR WITNESSES COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 410., WAsr-mgn'mN. D-C.

HARRY ELMER IBICKNELL, or NIAGARA FALLS, cures-Io, CANADA.

PAPER-CLASP.

To all whom it may concern Beitknown that I, HARRY ELMER BICK- NELL, a citizen of the United States, residing atNiagara Falls, in, the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Clasps, of which the following is a.

specificatio The present invention relates broadly to the class of paper clasps and more particularly to that class of such devices which are formed froma single sheet of material.

An object of my invention is as above set forth, to provide an improved paper.

clasp constructed from a single sheet ofmaterial, thus reducing its cost of manufacture I to a minimum.

Another object of my invention'is to provide a paper clasp wherein means are employed for insertion in the paper,means also being devised for obviating theaccidental dislodginent of the other means, thus add ing to the eiiiciency of the-device.

A further 1 object of my invention is to jarovide a paper clasp which is readily applicable to sheets of paper of different thicknesses, its attachment thereto being obviously facilitated through the medium of a tapering tongue.

A still further object ofiny invention re' lies in the provision of a device of the abovementioned character of such construction as to render the same cheap in manufacture, and easy to bend into shape.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention relates to such details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in Which:-

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank form of clasp. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the gclasp illustrating the same in a locked po sition. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the clasp showing the manner in which the paper is engaged thereby, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clasp.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, the numeral 10 designates the body Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 11,1913. 1 v$eria1 No. 741,541.

Pas ma.7, 915.

portion of the clasp which is preferably formed of sheet metal or the like materialconstricted 1301111011 11 is prov ded upon In the body 'portion iv iich extends therefrom at one end andis adapted to be bent over the same'to extend in parallel relation therewith as shown in Fig. 2. The other end. of'the body is providedwith afsimilar constricted 1 portion 12 which is enlarged at its forward end to forma member ;l3of similar size and shapeto the body portion the men1ber'l3,

because of its configuration and relation to the body portion ll),provides a grip for the fingernail when itqisfdesired to disengage thedevice from a manuscript. Here it will be recognized that the entire device can be stamped from a s ngle sheet ofmetah'with one impression. of the cutting die thus greatly reducing the cost of devices of this nature- A "substantially Vshaped portion lat :is

I stamped from the member 13', in the manner s clearly illustrated in Fig; 1, the smaller portion of thistongue depending from the member after the latter has been bent into the position shown in Fig. 3, and in such a manner that when the member 13 is depressed, the same will be readily inserted through the sheets of paper. After the tongue is inserted through the sheets of 'pa per, it contacts the upper face of the body portion whereupon it is bent to extend parallel with the constricted portion 11, and to spring upwardly because of its nature of metal into close proximity with the portion 11, thus obviating its accidental removal.

Attention is particularly called tothe specific construction of the tongue l-l." The tongue mentioned is constricted at its coir nection with the body portion of the device thus providing a thin portion which greatly facilitates the bending of the tongue and also provides suitable shoulders thereon which prevent its accidental. withdrawal from the sheets of paper after ones being inserted therethrough. p

From the foregoing it is thought that the Such changes as are permissible by the subjoined claims may be resorted to, withoperation, advantages and novel features of. i

f griplto disengage the clasp from a manuout departing from thefspirit of my inven- I tion. 7 V I V Having-thus fully described my invention,

7 What Iclaiin a'snewanddesireto secure'by Letters Patent is l. paper clasp including a body portion, a constricted portion formed on one "end offsaid body portion adapted to fold ,overrsaid body portion and lie in parallel relation thereto, a second constricted portion to a clasped-manuscript to provide' a finger seript,*a tongue struck from said enlargeinent, said tongue adapted to bend and V pierce-the paper and extend under the end of said firstoonstricted portion to retain sheets of paper Within theclasp for the purpose set forth g a r I 2. A device as specified, including a body having a constrictedportion intermed ate its ends forniinga pair of enlarged portions, said enlarged portions folded upon each other into parallel spacedrelation, one of saiden-larged portions having a tongue extending from itsouterend and bent into parallel relation therewith, and a sharpened edgetongue struck fromth'e' other of" said enlarged portionsadjaoent an end thereof,

' said sharpened tongue being" engageable through an object andiunder the end of the first mentioned tongue 'Wherebyv to retain said objects between said enlarged portions.

[HARR 'ELMER BICKNELL.

Witnesses: i

' E, W, DURNIN,

A. L. J OI-INS'ION.

copies of this patent nlay be obtained for'five cents each, by addressing the f Commissioner of Patents, v 4 v Washington, I); 0. 

